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Kensington sits on a hill with the Maribyrnong River flats to the west and a gentle slope down to the Moonee Ponds Creek in the east. The suburb transformed from the poverty of a “struggle town” in the 1940s to the present gentrified multicultural community, one still in transition, now from an industrial to a residential community.
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As we digest promotional material provided by candidates for the City or Melbourne (CoM) election, a deeper look – an historical look – might be appropriate. Democracy is fragile.
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On Wednesday, September 4, I joined an eclectic troupe of Moonee Ponds Creek (MPC) advocates. We met to hear about any MPC-related progress and refocus our collaboration towards rejuvenation of our forgotten waterway.
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On Thursday, August 8 I logged online to listen to an information session by the City of Melbourne’s planning team, and “have my say” in framing the proposed planning scheme amendment (Macaulay Amendment C417) to the Melbourne Planning Scheme.
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For many years some members of the Kensington Association have been talking about “the Macaulay canyons”.
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